Rapides Regional Medical Center has been identified as one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals according to an independent quality analysis provided by Premier, Inc. and published by Modern Healthcare.
To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top cardiovascular hospitals in the United States.
The 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals designation is just the latest milestone for Rapides Regional Medical Center over the past 12 months. It has been named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades for two consecutive years, as well as being among America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care and America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care.
Rapides Regional Medical Center was the only Louisiana facility to earn 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals status.
“This is a tribute to the dedication, skill and compassion of our entire heart team and everyone else who plays a role in the care of our heart patients,” said Vernon Jones, CEO of Rapides Regional Medical Center. “This is an important designation for our entire community as world-class cardiac care can be found here at home. Research consistently shows that health outcomes are better when routine and acute healthcare is located closer to home.”
The primary purpose of the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals program is to provide date-driven benchmarks that hospital leaders can use to better understand performance variation and improve care for heart patients nationwide. Hospitals do not apply to participate in the study, and recognized organizations do not pay to market this distinction.
Compared to peer hospitals, those in the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals delivered better results across all 21 measures, including clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, extended outcomes and patient experience. According to the study’s analysis, if all U.S. hospitals’ cardiovascular service lines performed at the level of this year’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, the impact could include more than 14,000 additional lives potentially saved, more than 27,000 additional bypass and angioplasty patients experiencing fewer complications, and more than $2 billion in potential savings.
“Cardiovascular care is one of the more complex and impactful service lines in healthcare,” said David Zito, President of Performance Services at Premier. “The 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals program highlights organizations delivering strong outcomes while providing hospital leaders with meaningful benchmarks to help improve care.”
Eligible hospitals are ranked for performance across four measurement grouping areas:
- Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) Performance
- Heart Failure Performance
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Performance
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (coronary angioplasty with stenting) Performance.
All research was based on these public data sets: Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data, and Care Compare data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Care Compare website.